Combination hand weeder and cultivator



Jan. 10, 1939. J. IPQLILLQ 2,143,660

COMBINATION HAND WEEDER AND CULTIVATOR Filed Dec. 11, 1956 I PatentedJan. 10, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION HAND WEEDER ANDCULTIVATOR 1 Claim.

My invention relates to hand weeders and cultivators in which abifurcated supporting head or frame has a handle adjustably securedthereto and means are provided for clamping the handle to the supportinghead or frame.

A weeder hoe is adjustable relative to the head, or frame and aplurality of spaced hoes are removably and adjustably secured to thehead, or frame. The device may be used as a weeder. It may be used as acultivator or it may be used as a combined weeder and cultivator.

The primary object of my invention consists in providing a combinationtool for the use of a hand gardener which may be used as a cultivator oras a weeder or as a push or pull hoe. It may be used as a cultivator orit may be used as a weeder and cultivator in a single tool and throughthe use of which the surface to be treated may be weeded and cultivatedin a single passage of the tool over the surface to be weeded andcultivated.

A still further object of my invention consists in simply constructingthe device and of a minimum number of parts. It may be used as a handcultivating and weeding hoe. of the device the garden may be kept in ahighly efficient condition and through hand use. Through the use of thecombination tool maximum cultivating and weeding results may be obtainedin a minimum of time.

A still further object of my invention consists in so constructing thedevice that it may be easily repaired and quickly adjusted to meet therequirements of the user of the same.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in the appended claim, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown withreference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of thisspecification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective plan side view of the assembleddevice.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the cultivator head assembly.

Fig. 4 is a front view of one of the cultivator units shown removed fromits supporting frame.

Fig. 5 is a perspective, top plan view of the weeder hoe shown removedfrom the assembly.

Fig. 6 is a perspective side View of the cultivator supporting head.

Through the use I Fig. 7 is a perspective side view of the frame towhich the weeder head and cultivator head are secured and to which thehandle is also secured.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

My device is primarily comprised of a central supporting frame I. Theframe is furcated on its forward end having jaws 2 and 3 spaced apartupon its furcated end. A hole 4 extends through the jaws 2 and 3 andthrough which a fastening bolt 5 passes. A handle receiving socket 6 isjournaled relative to the fastening bolt 5 and is adapted to be raisedand lowered between the jaws 2 and 3 and for being clamped in placementrelative thereto by the fastening journal bolts 5. A handle 1 isremovably secured to the socket 6. A weeder hoe 8 is provided. Theweeder hoe has wings 9 and I disposed at each side of the centralsection and a cutting edge II is provided at the forward cutting edge ofthe weeder hoe. The front edge of the weeder hoe is V-shaped tofacilitate its handling and adjustment. A supporting bar I2 is securedupon its lower end centrally of the weeder hoe. Its oppositely disposedend is placeable between the jaws 2 and 3 of the head and is journaledand adjusted relative thereto by a fastening bolt and nut I3. Thefastening bolt I3 passes through holes I4 disposed within the jaws 2 and3 of the head and through a receiving hole I disposed within thesupporting bar I2. The bar I2 and the hoe may be adjustably positionedwithin the head and clamped relative thereto by the fastening bolt I3and its associated nut I3A. A cultivator supporting head I6 is provided.The cultivator supporting head I6 has a shank I1 forwardly extendingtherefrom and the shank is offset to provide a supporting surface I8that may be positioned relative to the receiving surface I9 of the headI. A lug downwardly extends from the underside of the head I and theinner end of the shank I'I abuts thereagainst. A fastening bolt 2Isecures the shank to the head I. Locking nut 22 and a locking washer 23secure the shank in locked placement relative to that of the head I.

A plurality of spaced holes 24 extend through the cultivator supportinghead I6. Cultivator shovels 25 are adjustably positionable within therespective holes. The cultivator shovels 25 have shanks 26 upwardly andrearwardly extending therefrom and a positioning nut 21 is threadablyplaceable upon the upper end of the shank 26. The upper end of the shankpasses through the spaced holes 24 and the shovel and shank are lockedrelative to the supporting head by nuts 28 that are secured to the upperend of the respective shanks.

I have here shown the cultivator hoe of a shape of a well knownembodiment but I do not wish to be limited to the embodiment hereinshown as any other cultivator of the plow type. Any other type ofcultivator may be used with equal facility. The type to be useddepending on the class of soil in which the same is to be used and thevegetation that is to be cultivated.

The inclination of the weeder hoe and of the cultivator shovels isdetermined by the relative position of the handle I and the socket 6 tothat of the head I.

By removal of the weeder hoe from the assembly the device may be used asa cultivatoronly and by the removal of the cultivator shovelsfrom theassembly, the device maybe used as a weeder hoe only. It may be used asa cultivator and weeding tool in a single operation by the securing ofthe two units to the common head.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill. the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood,jaws, a fastening and clamping bolt and nut associated with each of thepair of holes, a handle receiving socket adjustably secured to one ofthe bolts and a weeder hoe supporting bar adjustably secured to theother of the bolts, a weeder hoe disposed upon the lower end of theweeder hoe supporting lbar, a cultivator supporting head, a shankforwardly extending from the supporting head, means for clamping thesupporting head to the frame, a plurality of spaced holes extendingthrough the supporting head and a cultivator removab ly secured to thehead at each of the holes.

JOSEPH POLILLO.

